Several injured in T-bone crash in Mishawaka

June 16, 2006

Tribune Staff Report

MISHAWAKA Â? Police are investigating a T-bone crash this afternoon that sent several people, including four children, to the hospital.

Although the 1 p.m. accident is still under investigation, witnesses said a black Toyota Camry northbound on Main Street ran a stop sign and struck a red Chevy Impala that was westbound on 16th street and had stopped at the intersection.

Police said four children, ages 3, 5, 6 and 9, were in the red Chevy.

The driver, Naomi Garcia, 26, had to be extricated from the vehicle after it flipped over once, struck another vehicle at the intersection and flipped back, landing on its top.

She and the children in her vehicle were transported to Memorial Hospital.

Three children, ages 7 months, 3 and 4, and two adults were in the Toyota Camry. They were receiving treatment in an ambulance, and police did not yet know their names.

The driver of the third vehicle involved, William Walter, 58, was not injured.

Main Street between 13th and 16th streets remained closed at 1:30 p.m.